"Anthropic issued a takedown notice under US digital copyright law asking GitHub to take down repositories containing the offending code. According to Github's records, the notice was executed against some 8,100 repositories - including legitimate forks of Anthropic's own publicly released Claude Code repository."
"Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code, stated that the move was accidental and retracted the bulk of the takedown notices, limiting it to one repository and 96 forks with the accidentally released source code."
"The repo named in the notice was part of a fork network connected to our own public Claude Code repo, so the takedown reached more repositories than intended."
"Leaking your source code as a public company? You better believe there's a shareholder lawsuit coming."
Anthropic unintentionally leaked the source code for its Claude Code application, leading to a massive takedown notice affecting 8,100 GitHub repositories. The company aimed to remove access to the leaked code but mistakenly included legitimate forks of its own repository. Following backlash, Anthropic retracted most of the takedown notices, limiting them to one repository and 96 forks. This incident raises concerns for the company as it prepares for an IPO, highlighting issues of execution and compliance.
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